Our Key responsibilities include
- Leading in implementing KELS limited strategy including marketing services, customer relationship management and executing contracted jobs.
- Carrying out value chain analysis for sector projects and new investors.
- Supporting systemic enhancement of regional trade through policy advocacy.
- Fundraising for agribusinesses: sourcing of blended finance facilities for and utilization of bilateral agribusiness guarantees.
- Supporting businesses to attain important market led certifications i.e. ECOCERT (GRASP, GRASP, FSMA PSR, SPRING, Albert Heijn, Global GAP plus.
- Supporting businesses to improve processes, systems and management practices. Train on core themes i.e. Financial management, book keeping, talent management, taxation, marketing and new products development.
- Training Agriculture interns/management trainees on business development services.
- Liaison with universities and other tertiary training institutions to either transfer research to the market or commercialize research.
- Supporting Agribusinesses to access talent and building the capacity of their staff.
- Supporting large offtakers and millers to source from small holder farmers sustainably. This includes market linkages and building end to end value chains through structured trade systems